14. Defense of the Dawes Act

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. INTRODUCTION 1
4. ONE. INDIAN POLICY REFORM
5. 1. Present Aspects of the Indian Problem 13
6. 2. Solving the Indian Problem 27
7. 3. Criticism of the Reservation System 31
8. 4. Remarks on Indian Reform 38
9. 5. Statement of Objectives 42
10. 6. Land and Law as Agents in Educating Indians 45
11. 7. Indian Citizenship 57
12. 8. Our Indian Policy as Related to the Civilization of the Indian 66
13. 9. Statement on Indian Policy 74
14. TWO. LAND IN SEVERALTY
15. 10. Proposal for a General Allotment Law 79
16. 11. Recommendation of Land in Severalty 83
17. 12. Allotment of Land in Severalty and a Permanent Land Title 87
18. 13. The Needs of the Time 96
19. 14. Defense of the Dawes Act 100
20. 15. Indians Becoming Individual Freeholders 111
21. 16. The Indian and His Property 114
22. 17. Minority Report on Land in Severalty Bill 122
23. 18. Debate in the Senate on Land in Severalty 130
24. 19. Preamble and Platform 141
25. THREE. LAW FOR THE INDIANS
26. 20. Law for the Indians 149
27. 21. The Indian before the Law 155
28. 22. Report of the Law Committee 167
29. 23. Report of the Law Committee 172
30. 24. A People without Law 175
31. 25. The Indians and Law 185
32. FOUR. INDIAN EDUCATION
33. 26. Indian Education 193
34. 27. The English Language in Indian Schools 197
35. 28. Education for the Indian 207
36. 29. Comments on Lyman Abbott’s Paper 216
37. 30. Comments on Lyman Abbott’s Paper 219
38. 31. Supplemental Report on Indian Education 221
39. 32. A Plea for the Papoose 239
40. 33. Compulsory Education 252
41. 34. Inculcation of Patriotism in Indian Schools 257
42. 35. The Advantages of Mingling Indians with Whites 260
43. 36. A Way Out 272
44. 37. Remarks on Indian Education 277
45. 38. Christian Education 281
46. 39. Christianizing the Indians 287
47. 40. Sectarian Contract Schools 289
48. FIVE. CLOSING THE LOOPHOLES
49. 41. Courts of Indian Offenses 295
50. 42. Rules for Indian Courts 300
51. 43. Instructions for Issuing Beef 306
52. 44. Wild West Shows and Similar Exhibitions 309
53. 45. Condemnation of Wild West Shows 313
54. 46. Tine Indians of the Indian Territory 317
55. SIX. EPILOGUE
56. 47. Addresses at the Lake Mohonk Conferences 331
57. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 345
58. INDEX 349